IRELAND Road Safety one year on

Michael Brosnan

Research department

Road Safety Authority

Last Year

Reaction in Ireland

Ireland and the EU target

Ireland Strategic Approach

– 1998 – 2002

– The road to safety

– 2004 -2006– 2004 -2006

– 2007 - 2012

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Work Still to be done

RSA CONFERENCE FOCUSES ON THE HUMAN IMPACT OF

ROAD COLLISIONS

The Road Safety Authority (RSA) today Thursday 26th May held their

annual international road safety conference in Dublin Castle called

‘The Human Impact of Road Collisions.’The conference was attended by almost 200 people and among the

attendees were victims of road collisions and family members who

have lost loved ones in a collision on our roads.

Texting

Road Safety Authority Ireland - Texting Whilst Driving Advert

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGUK1BqPANI

Safety Cameras

– Mobile

– Privately operated

– Hours not fines = payment

– Managed by the police (Garda)– Managed by the police (Garda)

– 6,000 hour a months

– Sites are surveyed

– Overseen by a supervisory board

– Overt operation

Safety camera save lives, RSA TV spothttp://www.irishinternational.com/rsa-safety-cameras/

Drink Driving

Reduce BAC to 0.05

Novice and professional drivers 0.02

Drug Driving

PIT – Preliminary Impairment Testing

Learner Driving

Compulsory lessons

Graduated licensing

Research

Pre-crash behaviour

The Future

– 2013 -2020

– Safe systems

– Longer time frame

– Vehicles– Vehicles

– Environment

– Modal shift